Heidelberg

This morning started with a delicious breakfast from our host in Ellenz!  I love Germany food!!  Buns, sandwiches, fruit and yogurt withal doggy bag for lunch too!  Our host was so lovely.  She recommended we stood at the Berg Eltz castle http://burg-eltz.de/en.html on the way out and we were glad we did!  It was amazing and still in such great shape as it never was under attack because It was originally meant just to live in!  It is still furnished with lots of original things.  We could not take pictures inside but the castle grounds were very picturesque!

After a couple hours in the autobahn, we ended up in heidelberg. We decided against Nuremberg because the city was virtually soldout of hotel rooms and hostels!  Heidelberg is a neat city where we had some traditional german cuisine (sourkraut, sausage, schnitzeland beer) and did some shopping.  The beer hall here was more like an old student pub which was a bit disappointing but the food was great!  The town is quite americanized but I enjoyed it.

Time for bed soon.  We have a big day tomorrow, up early and going to Dachau concentration camp and then heading to salzburg!  We can't wait to get back into the mountains!

Xoxox